Applied Materials H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Semiconductor equipment · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Santa Clara, CA HQ🌐 appliedmaterials.com
Does Applied Materials sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Applied Materials has filed 4,098 H-1B LCAs and 1,167 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Applied Materials filed 913 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $151,087, about 24% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 382 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 478 | $153k |
| FY2025 | 435 | $150k |
| FY2024 | 472 | $146k |
| FY2023 | 384 | $139k |
| FY2022 | 469 | $135k |
| FY2021 | 456 | $129k |
| FY2020 | 357 | $125k |
| FY2019 | 397 | $115k |
| FY2018 | 329 | $108k |
| FY2017 | 321 | $104k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 137 | $127k |
| FY2025 | 245 | $127k |
| FY2024 | 133 | $139k |
| FY2023 | 96 | $131k |
| FY2022 | 90 | $130k |
| FY2021 | 130 | $123k |
| FY2020 | 83 | $122k |
| FY2019 | 77 | $122k |
| FY2018 | 107 | $117k |
| FY2017 | 69 | $111k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 14,044
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 15,305
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 31, 2026
- Top area
- Generic processes or apparatus for the manufacture or treatment5,156
Pay against the local market
Applied Materials’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 103% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Applied Materials pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Engineers | San Jose, CA | 411 | $131,434 | $128,355 | 102% |
| Mechanical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 384 | $133,102 | $132,767 | 100% |
| Industrial Engineers | San Jose, CA | 331 | $138,010 | $129,392 | 107% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 215 | $141,604 | $165,674 | 85% |
| Industrial Engineers | Austin, TX | 186 | $108,370 | $100,502 | 108% |
| Chemical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 128 | $134,862 | $127,760 | 106% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | San Jose, CA | 119 | $142,612 | $143,759 | 99% |
| Electrical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 119 | $136,567 | $159,352 | 86% |
| Engineers, All Other | San Jose, CA | 105 | $143,264 | $142,930 | 100% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Jose, CA | 100 | $154,552 | $146,498 | 105% |
About Applied Materials
Applied Materials is the largest supplier of the equipment that fabs use to make chips, from deposition to etch to inspection. Its tools sit behind nearly every semiconductor, and it is a major H-1B sponsor.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Applied Materials
- Listed
- Nasdaq: AMAT
- Incorporated in
- District of Columbia
- Headquarters
- 3050 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95054-3299
- Industry
- Semiconductor equipment
- Employees (global)
- 36,500 (2025)
- Revenue FY2017
- $14.5B +34% from $10.8B
- Net income FY2025
- $7.0B -2% from $7.2B
- R&D FY2025
- $3.6B
Applied Materials pays a median H-1B base of $130,019 across FY2017–2026, about 13% above the typical Semiconductor equipment sponsor.
